Heather Prince draws on Brené Brown and Susan Jeffers to argue that self-criticism and fear-driven overthinking destroy self-trust. The video promotes a paid Self-Trust Reboot masterclass for £97.
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You don't need more confidence, you need less self-criticism. Brené Brown talks about something that most people miss. You don't build trust in yourself by being harder on yourself, you build it by becoming less critical of yourself because the inner critic doesn't actually make you stronger. It makes you hesitate. It makes you second-guess decisions that you already made, question your emotional responses and override your own instinct— instincts and wait for permission before you act and that's exactly how self-doubt gets reinforced. Not through lack of ability, through constant internal correction. And most clients that I work with don't struggle with capability, they struggle with trust in their own inner voice, and that voice gets quieter every time it's criticized. Now, inside the Self-Trust Reboot, we start to shift that internal relationship so your mind stops working against you every time you try to make a decision. Because self-trust doesn't grow in pressure, it grows in safety. So if you want to join my masterclass, it's either in the bio or in the comments. And Susan Jeffers wrote something that has stayed with me for decades Feel the fear and do it anyway. But most people misunderstand that sentence. It doesn't mean the fear disappears. It means you stop letting fear make decisions for you, because for many people, fear doesn't show up as panic. It shows up as overthinking, delaying, Decisions needing one more conversation before choosing and waiting until it feels 100% certain, and it never does, so fear quietly becomes the decision maker and self-trust steps back. This is what I see constantly in relationships. Clients who know something doesn't feel right but don't trust themselves enough to act on it. Not because they're weak, because fear has become louder than their inner knowing. Now, inside my Self-Trust Reboot Masterclass, we work on rebuilding that internal authority so fear can be present, but it no longer runs your choices. So join the £97 Masterclass. You'll find the link in the bio or in the comments.
